MRC : Katie Mellor : MR/N013468/1 Randomised controlled trials allocate people, at random (by chance), to receive an intervention e.g. a specific drug or treatment, to see how effective different interventions are. These types of studies provide the best evidence about ...

EPSRC : Lauren Johnston : EP/R513349/1 Girls with Turner syndrome (TS), a chromosomal condition in which a female has complete or partial absence of the second sex chromosome, present a unique group of patients, with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Mortalit...

EPSRC : Jordan Stewart : EP/R513386/1 Atmospheric oxidants are responsible for the degradation and ultimate removal of the vast majority of emissions into our atmosphere. A complete understanding of this chemistry is therefore essential if we are to develop effective an...

ESRC : Fiona Long: ES/P00069X/1 Housing First was introduced in Edmonton, Alberta in 2009 and had the ambitious goals of ending homelessness by giving chronically homeless people a permanent home, followed by the provision of wrap-around support, with client choice bein...

NERC : Benjamin Freeman : NE/R010218/1 Global peatlands are our largest terrestrial carbon store. Peatlands form under waterlogged conditions but have been widely drained to allow agricultural use. The drained peat provides highly productive agricultural land thanks to ...

ESRC : Lesley Nelson-Addy : ES/P000649/1 An exploration of undergraduate Black students' experience of higher education at the Univerisity of Calgary. In order to explore the experiences of Black students who specifically study English or Science at the univeristy, we i...

Flaviviruses pose an ever increasing problem for the worldwide population. Before 1970 only 9 countries had experienced severe dengue epidemics; now dengue is endemic in over 100 countries. Similarly, before the 1980s human infection from Zika was a very rare occurrence...